Georges Seurat

Seurat paints in tiny dots of pure colour — Pointillism — that fuse only at a distance. Look for very stiff, formal, frozen poses and a calm, scientific, emotionally cool order.

Georges Seurat (1859–1891) was a painter from France, associated with Post-Impressionism.

The generation after Impressionism — bolder colour, firmer structure, and intense personal expression. Post-Impressionism →

More Post-Impressionism painters: Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte — Georges Seurat
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

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